Safer sips: removing arsenic from drinking water.
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U.S. researchers are developing technologies that may someday protect millions of people worldwide whose drinking water is tainted with arsenic. Arsenic is released into water from soil and rock erosion, and is also a by-product of industrial processes including semiconductor manufacturing, petroleum refining, and mining and smelting operations.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Environmental Health Perspectives
دوره 106 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1998